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QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 22, 2016 -> 01:37 AM) So looking over the finals from tonight, I expect 8A to look like this. Lets see how close I come tomorrow. #32 Notre Dame at #1 Loyola #17 Curie at #16 Naperville North #25 Fremd at #8 Brother Rice #24 Huntley at #9 Stevenson #29 Evanston at #4 Palatine #20 Glenbard West at #13 Edwardsville #28 Joliet West at #5 Oswego #21 New Trier at #12 Marist #31 O'Fallon at #2 Hinsdale Central #18 Lincoln Way East at #15 Oswego East #26 Maine South at #7 West Aurora #23 Leyden at #10 Neuqua Valley #30 Waubonsie Valley at #3 Homewood Flossmoor #19 Lyons at #14 Taft #27 Lockport at #6 St. Charles East #22 OPRF at #11 Barrington So this looks to be wrong in multiple spots. #32 O'Fallon at #1 Loyola #17 Curie at #16 Oswego East #25 Fremd at #8 Brother Rice #24 Huntley at #9 Stevenson #29 Evanston at #4 Homewood Flossmoor #20 Glenbard West at #13 Neuqua Valley #28 Joliet West at #5 Oswego #21 OPRF at #12 Edwardsville #31 Waubonsie Valley at #2 Hinsdale Central #18 Lincoln Way East at #15 Taft #26 Maine South at #7 West Aurora #23 Leyden at #10 Barrington #30 Notre Dame at #3 Palatine #19 Lyons at #14 Naperville North #27 Lockport at #6 St. Charles East #22 New Trier at #11 Marist

So looking over the finals from tonight, I expect 8A to look like this. Lets see how close I come tomorrow. #32 Notre Dame at #1 Loyola #17 Curie at #16 Naperville North #25 Fremd at #8 Brother Rice #24 Huntley at #9 Stevenson #29 Evanston at #4 Palatine #20 Glenbard West at #13 Edwardsville #28 Joliet West at #5 Oswego #21 New Trier at #12 Marist #31 O'Fallon at #2 Hinsdale Central #18 Lincoln Way East at #15 Oswego East #26 Maine South at #7 West Aurora #23 Leyden at #10 Neuqua Valley #30 Waubonsie Valley at #3 Homewood Flossmoor #19 Lyons at #14 Taft #27 Lockport at #6 St. Charles East #22 OPRF at #11 Barrington

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 22, 2016 -> 01:13 AM) I thought that was where Maine south would be. Rice coaching continues to fail. At half take a knee and go in up 2 scores. Mount Carmel out of state. ESL was winning anyway but I thought MC would go deep in 7A I reworked it. Brother Rice gets Fremd with Glenbard West in 8A

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 21, 2016 -> 10:49 PM) Rice lost by 11, 48-37 I believe it was. I don't know how anybody's gonna slow the Loyola machine in the playoffs. Rice is gonna have to win two games (is it two or just one we need to win for rematch?) then give it another shot vs Loyola in the quarters. It seems to me the only way to beat 'em is to match em score by score, then SOMEHOW get a turnover or pick six or something and grab a lead of nine or more points. You got to somehow lead them by more than eight the entire second half cause they are gonna beat you in a game of "whoever has the ball last will win." The fact Loyola ran the ball so well tonight could either help or hurt Loyola in the rematch. They might just stomp us in the rematch or, we might get fortunate and force a fumble or two in the cold weather and get the two TD lead I'm talking about. I would think the upcoming cold weather isn't gonna be good for Rice and Loyola's passing game, but seems to me Loyola has the ability to run the ball against great competition and Rice is a bit shaky in that regard even with a stud like Valladay. I like everything about Rice cept the defense is 'probably' not state title caliber and offense is a tad worse than Loyola's. Whether Rice is better than everybody else in 8A ... I have no idea. To the experts are Loyola and Br. Rice clearly 1-2 in the state?? And nobody else is close? Homewood Flossmoor, Hinsdale Central, and Palatine are all pretty damn good. Bradley Bourbonnais good too. Looks like Maine South at Brother Rice in round 1 unless Glenbard West is 8A.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 20, 2016 -> 11:50 PM) He was torched. Barkley looked very uncomfortable and very bad. I presume Bears have to think long and hard about what they do with Cutler. I presume he could play in 11 days, but do they ever play him again (and risk him getting hurt and thus the Bears being on the hook for him in future years) or will they fully stick with Barkley (and whomever they sign off the street). I'm sure Barkley will look better with some real practice, but if Barkley is going to finish out the season, we might not win another game. They owe Cutler nothing in future years regardless. Cutler is gone at season's end. Bears can save $14 million by cutting Cutler with a $2 million cap hit.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/10/jose...y-whitesox.html

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 20, 2016 -> 12:55 PM) Keith Law raved about Tatis Jr today....damn Yep. Called him a potential star and said he'd be definite 1st round pick in upcoming draft if eligible.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 20, 2016 -> 12:37 PM) He was. He was having a good season but the constant weight issues seem to be contributing to these injuries. He's a free agent at season's end, right?

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 20, 2016 -> 09:06 AM) I think I'm over X-men. Never even saw Apocalypse and don't have an urge to. Oh man. I thought Apocalypse was great

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 20, 2016 -> 12:35 PM) Hate to be that guy but he's eating himself out of the league I think. I think he was averaging like 5 YPC still though

raBBIt wrote a piece for FutureSox about the move: http://www.chicagonow.com/future-sox/2016/...er-development/

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 19, 2016 -> 04:58 PM) I can't believe we drop to 9 just because of one loss, albeit it could be a true blowout. Rice has a few good wins like Marist and MC to its credit. It sucks in some cases but it's really the only way to do it. It happened to HF last year. HF and Loyola were clearly #1 and #2 in 8A last year. A week 9 loss to Bolingbrook pushed HF to like an 8 seed and they met Loyola in the quarters instead of the finals.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 19, 2016 -> 03:20 PM) Rice should visit you in week two with the winner hosting Loyola. early 2000's Rice Lockport seemed to happen for a few years straight Palatine and Barrington meet up in quarters Marist gets Oswego again, still don't think oswego is any good same as last year. Then HF has to travel to Marist in quarters. Mount Carmel gets a tough draw but getting ESL in 2nd round at home could help. Did you see the thread about the "freeloaders" at taht site? I find that funny becasue we are all freeloaders here. Oh trust me, we know. I was on the 2003 title team at Lockport. We beat BR in the semis that year. I did see that about the freeloaders. I can figure out 8A on my own, the only thing difficult is the 5-4 teams. Seems like if everything holds, Maine South is the smallest school in the 8A field.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 19, 2016 -> 02:30 PM) This is something I'd agree with in the past, but since it hasn't been working, they either need to go all in (for once) or sell, and it annoys me that we're *reportedly* trying to half-ass it again (or, at least, we were in July). I've seen nothing that suggests they are half-assing it again. I think they are rebuilding.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 19, 2016 -> 01:05 PM) Damn it would have been nice to win 7A. Was Rice ever 7A before? We're not going to win at LWE or on the road against anybody elite in the playoffs I don't think. Rice is great, don't get me wrong, but the fact Rita scored that many points again proved we're average on defense, excellent on offense. Do all those good playoff teams run the spread or are some old school high school offenses. Steve Soucie's projections are right here: https://edgytim.forums.rivals.com/threads/f...ons-here.11438/

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 19, 2016 -> 10:51 AM) I don't get why our FO doesn't want to do a normal rebuild. The half-and-half thing is not going to work. We all know how half-buying has worked for us, why would half-selling be any different? If we trade Sale to Boston, there's no need to require Bradley over Benintendi, as taking Bradley would definitely diminish the rest of the return. Benintendi will be better than Bradley, IMO. Well they don't because most teams with a core of Sale, Quintana, Rodon, Eaton, Abreu, and Anderson wouldn't be rebuilding. They don't spend real $$ though and don't have prospects to trade. That's the rub.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 19, 2016 -> 12:37 AM) Harry are you going to the game? If I ever come in for a game do you want to go? Football or Bobby Frasor ball? That's neat you say we should make the quarters at least. You are right about the traffic. I remember one time we drove to Loyola land for a cross country meet on a Friday and it sucked. That was the day three Loyola guys finished ahead of me in a big meet and I got fifth. I thought I was gonna get a big hug from the coach, instead he threw me against a tree yelling at me. I forgot that if one team has three guys finish ahead of a school, it automatically beats that school. The coach reminded me if I had beaten one of the Loyola guys we'd have won the fricking meet. Later I'll tell the story of the city league meet and what a bummer that was. LOL. GO BRO RICE! Winner of Brother Rice vs Loyola will be #1 in 8A playoffs. The loser is most likely the #9 seed. 1 of Loyola/BR, Palatine, Hinsdale Central, St. Charles East, Neuqua Valley, HF, Oswego, and West Aurora should all be 9-0

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 09:08 PM) This. That whole idea about finding the "next big thing" or a market niche to be exploited. The Royals created that idea of loading up the back of the bullpen. Everyone copied it and now 7th and 8th inning set-up guys (Giles/Miller/Herrera, etc.) are becoming just as valuable as the traditional 30/100 everyday players because of specialization. If Getz was presenting some type of "grand vision" for changing the way the organization does things, that would be one thing. Kapler came on board with a glittery press conference. I'm not sure anyone noticed the Getz hiring outside of insider baseball circles and the industry itself. Maybe Phil Rogers can be convinced to write an article, but even that's doubtful. Well they haven't actually hired him yet though. No press release or anything. I'm sure Hahn will at least have quotes about it. It was reported by Merkin and then Sox never confirmed.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 12:45 PM) OReilly maybe a knob at times but he doesn't take himself too seriously like Hannity and others do. I love when you post now Brian because of your new avatar.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 09:55 AM) Everyone in baseball was talking about grooming him as a future manager. His name even came up here occasionally as a Ventura replacement. Assuming Getz has the same amount of respect and leadership qualities as Kapler is a bit far-fetched. Thankfully, it can all be settled quite easily with a FutureSox in-depth interview. http://kaplifestyle.com The Kapler situation is one where he has soent his entire adult life studying areas of nutrition/diet, fitness, weight lifting and advanced analytics for all aspects. He's more like a life coach and motivational speaker. He's a brand in the same way Jessica Alba's $1.4 billion valuated Honest Company is...and he wanted to use that LA market to his advantage in terms of marketing and career opportunities. I think they should have hired Jessica Alba as manager honestly.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 09:43 AM) I think my dream package that would be out of asking price for red sox is benintendi/devers/rodriguez/kopech/2 wild cards I think I'd be disappointed in less than benintendi/devers/rodriguez/2-3 wildcards. They may not be the beat your socks off packages people wanted, but I think some are motivated off more the idea of punishing the team we trade with than actually finding a deal with both parties. Though Sale/Q are amazing and cheap, there is still a lot of risk that they get injured and if you trade your whole farm system - you are out of a job. There needs to be some realism and frankly I think most red sox fans would think giving up a benintendi level prospect alone gets them out of giving up a rodriguez/devers 2nd tier. I think that's ultimately what they'd end up getting. Beninetendi/Devers, pitching, some wildcards and possibly Swihart.

Gabe Kapler retired in 2012. he coached one year in the WBC for Team Israel. 1 year later he became the Director of Player Development for the Dodgers without any experience. He's super into analytics and nutrition and converted all of the prospect meals into gluten free stuff. Maybe Chris Getz is similar to Kapler where he has an actual "player development plan" that delves into nutrition, analytics and other factors. We have no idea. But assuming it's a s***ty hire because it's the White Sox is incredibly short-sighted and it's honestly b****ing just to b****.

For me, I want Benintendi because I think he's going to be a star. I also doubt that Boston trades Moncada because of what they've invested in him. What I'd love in return: OF Benintendi, 3B Devers, LHP Groome, RHP Kopech, C Swihart. What I would take: OF Benintendi, 3B Devers, OF Basabi, C Swihart, LHP Rodriguez, and C Swihart. Either of those I would do.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 09:01 AM) I read that as by 2021 they'd have to be 18 to be draft eligible. Otherwise if that players drafted in 2018 had to be 18 by 2021, that would mean they would be 15 when drafted, not 16, and that doesn't make sense. Okay. So players could be drafted at 16 and 17 years old in the 2018, 2019, and 2020 drafts but 18+ starting in 2021. That makes sense.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 17, 2016 -> 02:14 PM) He has a backup QB, is on their third string rb, lost his #2 WR. The bears talent on offense is nonexistent, but are able to execute a similar game plan to Gase in that it can now waste time. You seem to occupy this weird zone where it's everyones fault and no ones fault. It was hot takes when we correctly pointed out after preseason chiefs game that this team had no talent. It was hot takes after game one. Now that their rookie OC is starting to put things together with this group of terrible, he should be fired. OK. I just think having Brian Hoyer throw the ball 45+ times per game isn't a recipe for success. They have the best RB on the roster playing right now. Him being #3 is a weak argument. The rest I pretty much agree with. Injuries are their main issue but I don't think Loggains has helped matters. This team is probably 3-3 with Cutler healthy but it doesn't really matter.